I took a HUGE step in my healthy eating last night and I cleaned off my shelves of anything bad. All of the popcorn, chips, rice packages, pasta packages, mac'n'cheese, ramen noodles, cookies, etc have been bagged and are heading off to the food pantry tomorrow. Now all I have on my shelves are some tomatoes for gazpacho, some super healthy cereal, and tea. I should have taken a before picture, but here is what it looks like now.

And on the plus side, my fridge is now FILLED with delicious fresh fruits and veggies

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

Heidi and I always argue over junk food. I don't want it in the house because my will power is fairly low and if it is around I will eat it. If the crap isn't available though I never crave it

That is definitely part of my issue. The ramen noodles staring me in the face . . . they just had to be eaten! Now I just need to be sure I make enough time to actually prepare my meals. Normally I do a grab'n'go but I can't do that with the fresh stuff!

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

Heidi and I always argue over junk food. I don't want it in the house because my will power is fairly low and if it is around I will eat it. If the crap isn't available though I never crave it

That is definitely part of my issue. The ramen noodles staring me in the face . . . they just had to be eaten! Now I just need to be sure I make enough time to actually prepare my meals. Normally I do a grab'n'go but I can't do that with the fresh stuff!

You can still grab and go! That is essential for me. I just plan for ONE day a week (usually Sunday) to make a few meals that freeze wonderfully. That way during the week, all I need to do is steam some veggies, nuke some veggie chili (for example), and wa la! Dinner in 10.

Tomorrow I'm going to do some homemade balsamic vinagrette and start chopping some veggies so I can do salads. I just need that extra 10-15 minutes in the morning. I'll find it, eventually, I'm sure. It's all about the lifestyle change!

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

SisMorphine wrote:Tomorrow I'm going to do some homemade balsamic vinagrette and start chopping some veggies so I can do salads. I just need that extra 10-15 minutes in the morning. I'll find it, eventually, I'm sure. It's all about the lifestyle change!